Laravel

routes/api.php

Route::get('/health', function () {
    return response()->json(['status' => 'ok']);
});

This exposes GET /api/health — Laravel prefixes API routes with /api by default.

Use an Artisan command with Laravel Scheduler to push heartbeats every 5 minutes.

app/Console/Commands/SendHeartbeat.php

<?php

namespace App\Console\Commands;

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redis;

class SendHeartbeat extends Command
{
    protected $signature = 'heartbeat:send';
    protected $description = 'Send health heartbeat to BlueMonitor';

    public function handle()
    {
        $checks = [];

        // Database check
        $dbStart = microtime(true);
        try {
            DB::select('SELECT 1');
            $checks['database'] = [
                'status' => 'ok',
                'latency' => round((microtime(true) - $dbStart) * 1000),
            ];
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
            $checks['database'] = [
                'status' => 'error',
                'latency' => round((microtime(true) - $dbStart) * 1000),
                'message' => $e->getMessage(),
            ];
        }

        // Redis check
        $redisStart = microtime(true);
        try {
            Redis::ping();
            $checks['redis'] = [
                'status' => 'ok',
                'latency' => round((microtime(true) - $redisStart) * 1000),
            ];
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
            $checks['redis'] = [
                'status' => 'error',
                'latency' => round((microtime(true) - $redisStart) * 1000),
            ];
        }

        $hasError = collect($checks)->contains('status', 'error');

        Http::withToken(config('services.bluemonitor.key'))
            ->post('https://www.bluemonitor.org/api/v1/heartbeat', [
                'domain' => 'yourapp.com',
                'status' => $hasError ? 'error' : 'ok',
                'timestamp' => now()->toISOString(),
                'checks' => $checks,
            ]);

        $this->info('Heartbeat sent.');
    }
}

routes/console.php (Laravel 11+)

Schedule::command('heartbeat:send')->everyFiveMinutes();

config/services.php

'bluemonitor' => [
    'key' => env('BLUEMONITOR_API_KEY'),
],

.env

BLUEMONITOR_API_KEY=bm_your_api_key

Blade template

<a href="https://www.bluemonitor.org/status/your-domain-com">
  <img
    src="https://www.bluemonitor.org/api/badge/your-domain-com"
    alt="Status on BlueMonitor"
    height="36"
  />
</a>

Markdown (README.md)

[![Status](https://www.bluemonitor.org/api/badge/your-domain-com)](https://www.bluemonitor.org/status/your-domain-com)

Track which search engines, AI crawlers, and social bots visit your app. Add bot detection middleware to report visits to BlueMonitor. Requires a Pro plan.

app/Http/Middleware/TrackBots.php

<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

class TrackBots
{
    private const BOT_PATTERNS = [
        ['/Googlebot/i', 'googlebot', 'search_engine'],
        ['/bingbot/i', 'bingbot', 'search_engine'],
        ['/GPTBot/i', 'gptbot', 'ai_crawler'],
        ['/ClaudeBot/i', 'claudebot', 'ai_crawler'],
        ['/PerplexityBot/i', 'perplexitybot', 'ai_crawler'],
        ['/Twitterbot/i', 'twitterbot', 'social'],
        ['/facebookexternalhit/i', 'facebookbot', 'social'],
        ['/AhrefsBot/i', 'ahrefsbot', 'seo'],
    ];

    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
    {
        $ua = $request->userAgent() ?? '';
        $bot = $this->identifyBot($ua);
        if ($bot) {
            try {
                Http::withToken(config('services.bluemonitor.key'))
                    ->timeout(5)
                    ->post('https://www.bluemonitor.org/api/v1/bot-visits', [
                        'domain' => 'yourapp.com',
                        'visits' => [[
                            'bot_name' => $bot['name'],
                            'bot_category' => $bot['category'],
                            'path' => $request->path(),
                            'user_agent' => $ua,
                        ]],
                    ]);
            } catch (\Exception $e) {}
        }
        return $next($request);
    }

    private function identifyBot(string $ua): ?array
    {
        foreach (self::BOT_PATTERNS as [$pattern, $name, $cat]) {
            if (preg_match($pattern, $ua)) {
                return ['name' => $name, 'category' => $cat];
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

// Register in bootstrap/app.php (Laravel 11+):
// ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
//     $middleware->web(append: [TrackBots::class]);
// })

View results in your dashboard under Bot Tracking.